Creating Resource Set

A Resource Set is a collection of resources that identify the expenses incurred by a business process's component activities as they are being performed. One resource set contains more than one resource. One resource set can be used for more than one process model depending upon permission assigned to it.
 

Steps to create a resource set

1. In the Process Simulator applet, click Create New Resources (  ) icon. The Define Resource Set dialog box appears (see Figure 4).

   

   Figure 4: Create New Resource

2. Enter the name and description of the resource set in the Name and Description fields respectively.
3. Select the currency of the money, in which you want to calculate the expenses.

4. To create a new resource, click Create New Resource ( ) icon. A new row is added, in Resource Information Pane, where you can enter the name, description, and cost etc of the new resource (see Figure 5).

   

   Figure 5: Add New Resource

5. Similarly, you can add more resources. There is no limit to the number of resources that can be added to a resource set. Figure 6, shows the resource set, used by Claim Management Process Model.
   

   
   Figure 6: Claim Management Resource Set

   
   The fields of the resource set and their description is given in the table below:
   Table 1: Fields of the resource set and their description

   Field Name	Description
   Name	Name of the resource
   Description	Description of the resource
   Type	Type of the resource. Resource can be of three type: Direct Indirect People
   Unit Cost	Cost of the resource per unit. Unit Cost is applicable for Direct Resource only.
   Count	Count indicates the number of people. Count is applicable for People type of resource only.
   Cost Per People	Cost of one person. This is applicable for People type of resource only.
   Usage Unit	Usage unit specifies the duration of the cost per people. For example if you enter 100 US$ in cost per people field and select hour in Usage Unit, the cost of one person for one hour will be 100 US$. Usage Unit is applicable for People type of resource only.

6. To save the resource set, click Save. A dialog box appears to confirm that the resource set has been successfully saved. The added resource set is shown in the Simulation Entities Panel under Resource tree.
7. To save the resource set on the local machine, click Save Locally, select the location where you want to save the resource set, and specify the file name. The resource set is saved in XML format.